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Carolyn J. Finnerty \u2013 78 \u2013 of 10516 State Route 36, Dansville, died Sunday morning (May 23, 2021) at her home.<\/p>\nCarolyn J. Finnerty \u2013 78 \u2013 of 10516 State Route 36, Dansville, died Sunday morning (May 23, 2021) at her home.<\/p>\n
Born in Elkland, PA on august 5, 1942, she was the daughter of Lee & Kathleen Bliss and was raised by her step-father, Jack Jeffers.<\/p>\n
Carolyn grew up in Elkland, PA and attended Elkland High School.\u00a0 For many years she resided in Rochester and in 1999 she moved to North Bingham, PA.\u00a0 She has resided in Dansville for the past two years.<\/p>\n
She had been a member of the Willing, NY Volunteer Fire Department and was a live member of the Wellsville VFW.<\/p>\n
Carolyn enjoyed crocheting and was known for making beautiful quilts & blankets.\u00a0 She also loved the outdoors and enjoyed camping & fishing.\u00a0 Her greatest joy, however, was simply spending time with her family, especially her children and grandchildren.<\/p>\n
She was married on August 16, 1959 to Edward Finnerty SR who died in 2009 after 50 years of marriage.\u00a0 She was also preceded in death by her brother, Dennis Bliss; and her grandson, Wayne Finnerty.<\/p>\n
Surviving are her son, Edward (Debra) Finnerty JR of Macedon, NY; 2 daughters, Julie (Ray) Wilson of Palmyra, NY and Amy Butler of Dansville; 1 sister, Debra (Randy) Seeley of Elkland, PA; 12 grandchildren; 15 great-grandchildren; nieces & nephews.<\/p>\n
At Carolyn\u2019s request there will be no calling hours.\u00a0 A \u201cCelebration of Life\u201d will be held on a date and time to be announced.<\/p>\n
Funeral arrangements are in care of the Dagon Funeral Home, 38 Church St., Hornell, NY.<\/strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n Carolyn\u2019s family request that in lieu of flowers, memorial contributions in her name be made to St. Jude Children\u2019s Hospital, 501 St. Jude Place, Memphis, TN\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a038105.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Carolyn J. Finnerty \u2013 78 \u2013 of 10516 State Route 36, Dansville, died Sunday morning (May 23, 2021) at her home. Born in Elkland, PA on august 5, 1942, she was the daughter of Lee & Kathleen Bliss and was raised by her step-father, Jack Jeffers. Carolyn grew up in Elkland, PA and attended Elkland […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4983","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-obituaries"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dagonfuneralhome.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4983","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dagonfuneralhome.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dagonfuneralhome.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dagonfuneralhome.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dagonfuneralhome.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4983"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.dagonfuneralhome.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4983\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4997,"href":"https:\/\/www.dagonfuneralhome.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4983\/revisions\/4997"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dagonfuneralhome.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4983"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dagonfuneralhome.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4983"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dagonfuneralhome.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4983"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}